Milk-bottle cap



T. K OZLOSKY. MILK BOTTLE CAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8, 1921.

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. [mm/mm INVENTOH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE KOZLOSKY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ANTHONY OSTACHOWIGZ AND STANLEY BABKA, BOTH OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

MILK-BOTTLE CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Iatented Apr. 25', 1922- Application filed March 18, 1921. SeriaIYNo. 453,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, THEODORE KozLosKY,

a citizen of Poland, residing at Toledo, in

the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvecharacters of reference refer to like named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the stopper in place on a bottle, the latter being ing the neck 2 and shown in broken lines.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same after it'has been released.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the stopper in the position shown in Figure 2.

F igure 4 1s a central cross-sectlonal vlew of the complete stopper, in side elevation, in

closed position.

Figure 5 is a front el evational view of the complete stopper in released position.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a milk bottle have enlarged mouth 3. The. stopper comprises a fiat disk 4 having a plurality of spaced apart, resilient tongues 5' extending downward therefrom and curved in conformity with the rim of the mouth 5. Said tongues are of a substantially .V shape and the lower ends thereof are curved so as to provide a support for a ring 7 of metal wire, as shown at 6. The said ring is open and the two ends of the wire forming the'same extend outward and end in eyelets 9, the portions 8 of said wire inclining slightly toward each other as they so extend from the ring- A handle member 11 is also composed of metal wire, and is pivotally supported in the eyelets 9, the portions 10 thereof being mutually parallel.

A coiled spring 13 is secured to the underside of the disk 4: at one end as indicated at 14,'the other end thereof being attached to a cap 12 of rubber, stiff paper, or the like.

A wire 15 is secured about the neck 2 of the bottle, and an eyelet 17 is formed therein in which is pivotally engaged a short link 16 which is at its other end attached to the ring 7. lThlS prevents the stopper from falling from the bottle, or from becoming separated from the bottle.

In operation, assuming that the stopper as shown in Figure 3 is to be applied to the mouth and neck of a bottle, the same is placed upon the mouth and the handle member 11 is turned downward. Since the portions 10 of-said handle are mutually paral-, lel, and the portions 8 of the extensions. of the ring 7 are mutually inclined toward each other, upon depression of the handle 11 the portions 8 are forced toward each other, thus clamping. the ring 7 tightly about the neck. Thereby also the spring 13 is depressed and the cap 12 is forced downward inside the neck of the bottle, thus effecting a leak-proof stopper. The pressure of .the spring upon the cap after the whole is in place prevents the cap from becoming loose. When the handle 11 is raised in order to open the stopper, the force of the spring 13 causedthe complete device to spring upward, in-

cluding the cap 12, and the same springs over the side of the bottle, and is finally ends of said wire extending outward from' saidbottle and being inclined mutually toward each other, eyelets on the extremities of 'said ends, a handle pivotally mounted in said eyelets, portions of said handleextend- -ing from said eyelets and being mutually parallel and adapted to contact with said ends of said wire so as to-torce saidends toward each Othenandj a cap resiliently supported on the underside of saielidisk.

In witness whereof I-affixjmy -signature.

THEOD'QRE- KOZLOSKY 

